Founding partner Ed Deery’s practice encompasses a myriad of private client services including wealth transfer planning, tax planning, charitable planning and estate and trust administration.  Representing wealthy families, individual clients and closely-held businesses, Ed advises them with respect to tax, estate planning and business succession planning matters.

Ed also represents individual and corporate fiduciaries and beneficiaries of estates and trusts, as well as charitable and other non-profit entities, advising them with respect to planned-giving programs and assisting with donor relationships.

EDUCATION

• University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., high distinction, 1993
• Iowa State University, B.B.A., Finance, 1988

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

• Ytterberg Deery Knull LLP, 2008-Present
• Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, 2004-2008
• Associate, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, 1994-2003

ADMISSIONS

• Admitted to Bar: Texas, 1994

OF NOTE

• Chambers High Net Worth, Band 3 (2016-Present)
• The Best Lawyers in America, Trusts and Estates and Non-Profit/Charities Law (2008-present), Litigation – Trusts & Estates (2012-present)
• Texas Super Lawyer in estate planning/trusts, Texas Monthly magazine (2004, 2006-present)
• AV Preeminent Peer Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
• Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law—Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• Catholic Endowment Foundation of Galveston-Houston, Board of Directors (2020-present); UTHealth, Development Board Member (2012-Present); Crossroads School, Board of Directors (2017-Present); Texas Woman’s University Foundation, Board of Directors (2014-2017); University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Advance Team (2003-2012)